First piloted by Baldwin himself on May 18 and the aircraft flew very well. White Wing was then piloted by Lt Thomas Selfridge at Hammondsport, NY on May 19 (becoming the first US Army officer to fly an airplane) and then Glenn Curtiss made a flight of 1,017&nbsp;ft (310 m) in it on May 21. On May 23, it crashed during a landing by John McCurdy and was damaged beyond repair.